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10.7 - Summer CelebrationsEugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin 8/29/14
The author was born on June 6, 1799
Combo:
10.2 - Joanna and others rated this book 5 stars
+10 task
+5 multiples
+5 combo (10.2)
+10 Non-Western (Russian)
+10 Canon
Task total: 40
AtA Total: 240
AtA Familiar Faces Completion Bonus: 50
RwS Total: 1025
RwS Bonus: 100
Mega Finish Bonus: 200
Grand Total: 1615
Task 15.10 Author to Author15.10 Rabindranath Tagore
The Home and the World (1916) by Rabindranath Tagore; translated Surendranath Tagore
+030 Task
+100 Completion Bonus: all ten authors are new to you
Task Total: 30 + 100 = 130
Grand Total: 790 + 130 = 920
Whoo-hoo! I've completed Author-to-Author!
Congrats Deedee!10.7 - Summer Celebrations
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Graphic novel
+10 task (born August 9th, 1973)
Task total: 10
Grand Total: 1390 points
I think that's probably all for this season for me! Thanks mods and everybody for another wonderful challenge :)
Popst 1189 Ismaa wrote: "10.3 Baby Boomer Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health by William Davis Born in 1957
+ 10 Task
+ 5 Multiple
Task Tota..."
+5 combo 10.7; Not only 1957, but July 17, 1957 - see LOC
Deedee wrote: "Task 15.10 Author to Author15.10 Rabindranath Tagore
+030 Task
+100 Completion Bonus: all ten authors are new to you
Task Total: 30 + 100 = 130
Grand Total: 790 + 130 = 920
..."
Great for the finish - which book did you read?
Task 10.9 - Hot Off the PressPioneer Girl (2014) by Bich Minh Nguyen (Hardcover, 296 pages)
+10 Task
+05 Multiple
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 920 + 15 = 935
This is it for me. See ya in the Fall!
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Task 15.10 Author to Author15.10 Rabindranath Tagore
+030 Task
+100 Completion Bonus: all ten authors are new to you
Task Total: 30 + 100 = 130
Grand Total: 790..."
whoops!
The Home and the World (1916) by Rabindranath Tagore; translated Surendranath Tagore
I've edited the original post as well. sorry!
10.3 Baby BoomerWizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
+10 Task (born 1948 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Go...)
+15 Combo (10.2 - Melissa rated it 5 stars, 10.4 – double O, 10.9 latest in series released 2014 Severed Souls)
+15 Jumbo (836 pages)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 45
Grand Total: 2060
10.3 - Baby BoomerIn Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy by Adam Carolla
+10 Task (May 27, 1964)
+ 5 Combo (10.4 - Carolla)
+ 5 Multiple
Task total=20
Grand total=1465
10.4 Double TroubleZero Day by David Baldacci
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.3 Baby Boomer)
+5 Combo (10.7 Summer Celebrations)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand total: 590
10.4 Double TroubleOne Summer by David Baldacci
+10 task
+5 Combo (10.3 Baby Boomer)
+5 Combo (10.7 Summer Celebrations)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 25
Grand total: 610
10.10 Group ReadsThe Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
+10 Task
+5 Multiple
+10 Canon
+15 Combo (10.2, 20.2, 20.10)
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 1825
15.8 (2nd round) – AtA: Devil's Luck by Carolyn Crane (32,000 words)
+30 Task
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1855
20.1 TeaBaksheesh by Esmahan Aykol
+20 Task (born in Turkey)
+5 Multiple
+10 Non-Western (born in Turkey, splits time between Turkey and Germany)
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 1890
From Post 1178Karen Michele wrote: "10.9 - Hot Off the Press
The Bear by Claire Cameron
+10 Task: 2014
Grand Total: 2435"
+5 Multiple
From Post 1146Karen Michele wrote: "10.6 - Summer School:
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
+10 Task: On the campus novels list
+ 5 Combo: 10.2 Highly-rated by Katy and others https://www.goodrea..."
+5 Multiple
From Post 575Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 - Austria-Hungary
The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
+20 Task: Set in Bosnia and Herzegovina
+ 5 Combo: 10.10 Group Reads
+10 Canon
Task Total: 35
Grand Total:..."
+5 Combo 10.2 (Don rated it 5* the first week of August)
From Post 1174Jama wrote: "20.7 call and response
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
(I read Mrs. Dalloway this spring)
20 pt. task
+20 combo (10.2 Lisa and others rated it 5 stars: http..."
+5 Combo 20.6-#283 on the list
Kate S wrote: "From Post 575Karen Michele wrote: "20.10 - Austria-Hungary
The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
+20 Task: Set in Bosnia and Herzegovina
+ 5 Combo: 10.10 Group Reads
+..."
Thanks, Kate and thanks for the multiples, too. I loved the idea of those multiple points, but for some reason I just couldn't remember to add them!
20.3 BannedDoctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
+20 pts - Task
+15 pts - Combo(10.2-Lisa,20.6, 20.9)
+ 5 pts - Jumbo (592 pgs)
+10 pts - Multiple
+10 pts - Non-Western
+10 pts - Canon
Task total - 70 pts
Grand Total - 495 pts
I did it! My grand finale! Although there is a chance I will finish another book before deadline.
20.3 BannedBeloved by Toni Morrison
+20 Task (on the banned list)
+15 Combo (10.2, Katrina rated it 5 stars, 10.4 – double R, 20.6 #83 on list)
+5 Multiple
Task total: 40
Grand Total: 2100
That's it for me for this challenge. Thank you to the moderators for all their hard work. I hope I won't make so much work for them next season.
10.7 - Summer CelebrationsOf Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende
+10 Task: August 2 1942
+10 Combo:10.2 Highly-rated by Jenifer https://www.goodreads.com/group/show_... / 10.4 Double Trouble (aLLende)
+ 5 Multiple (I actually remembered ;)
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 2500
10.4 - Double TroubleThe Magician's Land - Lev Grossman
+10 task
+5 multiple
+15 combo (10.2 - rated 5 stars by Elaine; 10.7 - born in June; 10.9 - published 2014)
Post total: 30
Grand total: 425
10.4 - Double TroublePeople of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
+10 task
+5 multiple
+10 combo (10.2 - rated 5 stars by Sally; 10.3 - born in 1955)
Post total: 25
Grand total: 450
Well, that's it for me! Bring on the fall challenge! :P
20.5 FinancialScaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
+20 Task (in Historical Fiction section)
+5 Multiple
+5 Combo (10.2 - C.nick rated it 5 stars)
Task Total: 30
Grand Total: 1950
20.10 Austria-HungaryThe Good Master by Kate Seredy
+20 Task (set in Hungary)
Lexile 640, no styles
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 1970
20.9 Father's DayChina Dolls by Lisa See
+20 task (all but the very last chapter set in 1938-48)
+15 combo (10.3 - born in 1955; 10.4 - sEE, 10.9 - published 2014)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 40
Grand Total: 485
What a great challenge this summer! Thanks for keeping this going...I know it's a ton of work.
20.2 - JailedTent of Miracles by Jorge Amado
+20 task (jailed in the 1930s in Brazil)
+5 combo (10.7 - 10 August 1912)
+10 non-Western
Task Total: 35
Grand Total: 725
10.5 Sounds of SummerRose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein (Lexile 940)
+10 Task (YA nominee)
+5 Multiple
+20 Combo (10.2 - Katy rated it 5 stars, 10.3 - born 1964, 10.9 – published 2013, 20.9 – takes place 1944-1946)
Task Total: 35
RwS Completion Bonus #2: 100
Grand Total: 2105
15.10 (2nd round) – AtA: Children of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy
+30 Task
Task Total: 30
AtA Completion Bonus #2: 50
Mega Finish #2: 200
Grand Total: 2385
Phew. Done!
Great challenge everyone!
10.4 Double TroubleBaby, Oh Baby! by Robin Wells
2 l's in the last name
Task +10
Style +5 Multiple
Book Total 15
Grand Total 200
Last post this season
Great Challenge, everyone! On to Fall!
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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
+10 task (rated 5 stars by Erin and others)
+5 combo (10.7 - born in July according to this link)
+5 multiple
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 445